Intercultural Urbanism: City Planning from the Ancient World to the Modern Day

Cities@Tufts Lectures

Intercultural Urbanism is an approach to city building that is sensitive to cultural and subcultural differences in how people make and use built space.

This episode features a lecture recorded in the fall of 2020 from professor Dean Saitta who explores the history of City Planning from the Ancient World to the Modern Day.

Find out more information about Dr. Saitta and his book, “Intercultural Urbanism: City Planning from the Ancient World to the Modern Day'' at: www.interculturalurbanism.com/

In addition to this audio, you can watch the video and read the full transcript of their conversation on Shareable.net and while you’re there get caught up on past lectures.

Cities@Tufts Lectures explores the impact of urban planning on our communities and the opportunities to design for greater equity and justice with professor Julian Agyeman and host Tom Llewellyn.

Cities@Tufts Lectures is produced by Tufts University and Shareable.net with support from The Kresge Foundation.

Lectures are moderated by Professor Julian Agyeman and organized in partnership with research assistants Meghan Tenhoff, and Perri Sheinbaum. Robert Raymond is our audio editor, Joslyn Beile handles operations, and the series is produced and hosted by Tom Llewellyn.

“Light Without Dark” by Cultivate Beats is our theme song.